Luzerne County Study Commission makes important decision

Luzerne County Study Commission makes important decision
Luzerne County Study Commission makes important decision Photo credit Semen Salivanchuk/iStock/Getty Images Plus

In a unanimous vote, Luzerne County’s seven-citizen Government Study Commission agreed Thursday it won’t be recommending a return to the prior commissioner/row officer system. Instead, the commission will focus on ways it believes the existing home rule charter can be improved.  The charter that took effect in 2012 put 11 part-time elected council members and a council-appointed manager in charge of decisions previously made by three elected commissioners and several elected row officers.  Commission members agreed they would address possible alterations involving the county council at their next meeting on Oct. 24. Voter approval is required for proposed changes to take effect.

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